Santino Ferrucci

Santino Ferrucci (born May 31, 1998) is an American professional racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 26 Toyota Supra for Sam Hunt Racing. Prior to stock car racing, he raced in open-wheel racing such as the FIA Formula 2 Championship and IndyCar Series.

Santino Ferrucci
Ferrucci in 2018
Born	May 31, 1998 Woodbury, Connecticut, USA
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
Car no., team	No. 26 (Sam Hunt Racing)
IndyCar Series career
35 races run over 3 years
2018 position	13th
Best finish	13th (2019)
First race	2018 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix (Belle Isle)
Last race	2020 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 0 0
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season	2017
Car number	17
Former teams	Trident
Starts	23
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	19th in 2018
Previous series
2016–17 2015 2014–15 2014 2014 2013	GP3 Series Toyota Racing Series European Formula 3 British Formula Three German Formula 3 F2000 Championship Series
Last updated on: December 21, 2020.

Ferrucci has been a controversial figure in motorsports. In 2018, Ferrucci was fired from his Formula 2 team after accusations of intentionally wrecking his teammate.[1]

Career

2012–2013

At 14 years old, Ferrucci made his professional debut in the SBF2000 Winter Series season, winning three out of ten races in the season, with a further three podiums.

2013

Ferrucci made a mid-season debut in the F2000 Championship Series, finishing 5th place in the championship.

2014

Ferrucci competed in five races in German Formula Three for EuroInternational, scoring 2nd in his fourth. He also completed three races in British Formula 3 for Fortec Motorsport, scoring a pole and two wins as well as the end of European Formula 3 season, again for EuroInternational. Ferrucci is the youngest winner in British Formula 3 History

Reuniting with Fortec, Ferrucci participated in the Macau Grand Prix. Ferrucci finished the main race in 8th.

2015

At the start of the year, Ferrucci competed in the Toyota Racing Series for Giles Motorsport. Ferrucci finished the season 3rd overall, scoring his only win at Manfeild and scoring 5 other podiums.

Ferrucci returned to European Formula 3, this time with Mücke Motorsport, finishing 11th overall and scoring his only podium in Formula 3 at Spa. At the end of the year, Ferrucci once again raced in the Macau Grand Prix, this time finishing 6th in the main race.

2016

Ferrucci moved to the GP3 Series with newcomers DAMS.[2] Ferrucci's best result was a 3rd in the sprint race at Spa-Francorchamps and ended the season 12th in the standings.

2017

In February 2017, DAMS retained Ferrucci for a second GP3 season.[3] Competing in only the first three events, and scoring points in only the first two races, Ferrucci made his Formula 2 debut in Hungary and finished the remainder of the year with Trident, with ninth his best result for a race and 22nd in the season standings.[4]

2018

Ferrucci, driving for Dale Coyne Racing during testing at Portland in 2018.

Ferrucci remained in Formula 2 for 2018, competing alongside Arjun Maini at Trident.

In July, Ferrucci was banned from four F2 races (Hungary and Belgium) after making deliberate contact with his teammate Maini after the Sprint Race at Silverstone on the weekend of the British Grand Prix.[5] He was also disqualified from the Sprint Race results at Silverstone for a separate incident when he deliberately forced Maini off the track.[5] He was also found to have driven his car between the F2 and F1 paddock without one glove and while holding his phone, which resulted in a €6,000 fine.[6]

On July 18, Ferrucci was summarily fired by the Trident F2 team, citing behavioral issues, and non-payment of money required by contract. Trident alleged that money had been made available for the Detroit IndyCar race, whilst noting that Ferrucci had defaulted on F2 debt to them.[7][8] An Italian court subsequently ordered Ferrucci to pay Trident €502,000, plus interest and legal fees, for failing to make payments.[9] Six days later, Trident announced that their GP3 Series driver Alessio Lorandi would be his replacement for the rest of the season.

Formula One

After confirmation of Ferrucci's entry into the 2016 GP3 Series, he became a test and reserve driver for the Haas F1 Team alongside Ferrari Driver Academy member and GP3 champion, Charles Leclerc.[10] Ferrucci got his first taste of F1 machinery when he tested for Haas at Silverstone after the British Grand Prix.[11] Haas retained Ferrucci as development driver for 2017 and 2018.[12][13]

2018

In June 2018, Ferrucci made his debut in the IndyCar Series at the Detroit Grand Prix for Dale Coyne Racing as a substitute for Pietro Fittipaldi.[14] Ferrucci retired from his first race after colliding with Charlie Kimball on lap 56.

After his departure from Formula 2, Ferrucci contested the final two rounds of the IndyCar Series season with Dale Coyne Racing.[15]

2019

Ferrucci (right) at Texas Motor Speedway in 2019

Ferrucci signed with Coyne to contest the full 2019 IndyCar Series season driving the No. 19 Cly-Del Honda. In his season debut at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Ferrucci recorded a Top-10 finish, bringing his car home in 9th position. At the Indianapolis Grand Prix, he posted his second Top-10 finish of the IndyCar season heading into preparations for his first Indianapolis 500 effort. After qualifying 23rd for the Indy 500, Ferrucci moved through the 33 car field to finish in 7th position, earning him Rookie of the Year honors in his first ever race at the Indianapolis 500. Three races later, Ferrucci recorded his best career IndyCar finish by taking the checkered flag in 4th position at Texas Motor Speedway.

2020

After teammate Sébastien Bourdais's departure from Dale Coyne Racing, Ferrucci moved to Bourdais's No. 18 SealMaster Honda for the 2020 season. He finished 4th at the Indianapolis 500, and scored five top 5s out of 14 races, to finish 13th in points.

NASCAR

On January 8, 2021, it was confirmed that Ferrucci would run a 20-race schedule piloting the No. 26 Toyota Supra for Sam Hunt Racing for the upcoming NASCAR Xfinity Series season. Ferrucci had limited stock car racing experience prior to NASCAR, with his lone foray being a super late model test with Fury Race Cars in 2020.[16]

Other racing

In January 2021, Ferrucci made his midget car racing debut in the Chili Bowl for Dave Mac Motorsports.[17] He failed to finish his G Feature race and was classified in tenth.[18]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2012–13	SBF2000 Winter Series		10	3	3	4	6	-	n/a
2013	F2000 Championship		8	0	1	0	4	288	5th
2014	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	EuroInternational	20	0	0	0	0	24	19th
	German Formula 3 Championship		5	0	0	0	1	33	10th
	British Formula 3 Championship	Fortec Motorsport	3	2	1	2	3	-	NC^†
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
2015	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Mücke Motorsport	33	0	0	1	1	91	11th
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
	Toyota Racing Series	Giles Motorsport	16	1	0	2	6	765	3rd
2016	GP3 Series	DAMS	18	0	0	0	1	36	12th
2017	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Trident	10	0	0	0	0	4	22nd
	GP3 Series	DAMS	3	0	0	0	0	3	19th
2018	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Trident	13	0	0	0	0	7	19th
	IndyCar Series	Dale Coyne Racing	4	0	0	0	0	66	27th
2019	IndyCar Series	Dale Coyne Racing	17	0	0	0	0	351	13th
2020	IndyCar Series	Dale Coyne Racing w/ Vasser-Sullivan	14	0	0	0	0	290	13th

^† As Ferrucci was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points.

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	DC	Points
2014	EuroInternational	Mercedes	SIL 1	SIL 2	SIL 3	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3	PAU 1	PAU 2	PAU 3	HUN 1	HUN 2	HUN 3	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 DNS	SPA 3 15	NOR 1 12	NOR 2 5	NOR 3 4	MSC 1 16	MSC 2 13	MSC 3 14	RBR 1 Ret	RBR 2 12	RBR 3 20	NÜR 1 9	NÜR 2 17	NÜR 3 14	IMO 1 Ret	IMO 2 Ret	IMO 3 16	HOC 1 19	HOC 2 17	HOC 3 15	19th	24
2015	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport	Mercedes	SIL 1 18	SIL 2 9	SIL 3 13	HOC 1 10	HOC 2 6	HOC 3 28	PAU 1 Ret	PAU 2 11	PAU 3 10	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 4	MNZ 3 8	SPA 1 4	SPA 2 2	SPA 3 12	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 Ret	NOR 3 6	ZAN 1 28	ZAN 2 8	ZAN 3 9	RBR 1 12	RBR 2 13	RBR 3 11	ALG 1 7	ALG 2 10	ALG 3 Ret	NÜR 1 7	NÜR 2 7	NÜR 3 7	HOC 1 10	HOC 2 17	HOC 3 Ret	11th	91

Complete GP3 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Points
2016	DAMS	CAT FEA 15	CAT SPR 11	RBR FEA 15	RBR SPR 10	SIL FEA 18	SIL SPR 4	HUN FEA 15	HUN SPR 11	HOC FEA 9	HOC SPR 4	SPA FEA 7	SPA SPR 3	MNZ FEA 19†	MNZ SPR 11	SEP FEA Ret	SEP SPR Ret	YMC FEA 9	YMC SPR 15	12th	36
2017	DAMS	CAT FEA 9	CAT SPR 8	RBR FEA Ret	RBR SPR 13	SIL FEA Ret	SIL SPR 9	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	JER FEA	JER SPR	YMC FEA	YMC SPR			19th	3

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2017	Trident	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	BAK FEA	BAK SPR	RBR FEA	RBR SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HUN FEA 9	HUN SPR 14	SPA FEA 9	SPA SPR 10	MNZ FEA Ret	MNZ SPR 14	JER FEA Ret	JER SPR 13	YMC FEA 14	YMC SPR 15			22nd	4
2018	Trident	BHR FEA 14	BHR SPR 20	BAK FEA 11	BAK SPR 6	CAT FEA DNS	CAT SPR 11	MON FEA 13	MON SPR 12†	LEC FEA 13	LEC SPR 9	RBR FEA 10	RBR SPR 7	SIL FEA 16	SIL SPR DSQ	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	SOC FEA	SOC SPR	YMC FEA	YMC SPR	19th	7

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

American open-wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

IndyCar Series

(key)

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
2018	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara DW12	Honda	STP	PHX	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET 22	DET 20	TXS	ROA	IOW	TOR	MDO	POC	GTW	POR 20	SNM 11	27th	66
2019				STP 9	COA 20	ALA 15	LBH 21	IMS 10	INDY 7	DET 19	DET 10	TXS 4	RDA 19	TOR 11	IOW 12	MDO 12	POC 4	GTW 4	POR 17	LAG 24	13th	351
2020	Dale Coyne Racing w/ Vasser-Sullivan			TXS 21	IMS 9	ROA 6	ROA 6	IOW 13	IOW 18	INDY 4	GTW 16	GTW 10	MDO 14	MDO 14	IMS 15	IMS 12	STP 23				13th	290

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2019	Dallara	Honda	23	7	Dale Coyne Racing
2020	Dallara	Honda	19	4	Dale Coyne Racing w/ Vasser-Sullivan

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2021	Sam Hunt Racing	26	Toyota	DAY	DAY	HOM	LVS	PHO	ATL	MAR	TAL	DAR	DOV	COA	CLT	MOH	TEX	NSH	POC	ROA	ATL	NHA	GLN	IND	MCH	DAY	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	TEX	KAN	MAR	PHO

References

1. "Banned Haas junior Ferrucci dumped by F2 team". ESPN.com. July 18, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
2. "DAMS puts faith in impressive all-rookie line-up for maiden GP3 Series campaign". GP3 Series. GP2 Series Limited. January 28, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
3. "DAMS reveal 2017 line up". GP3 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. February 28, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
4. "Santino Ferrucci to join Trident for remainder of 2017 Formula 2 Season from Budapest". July 26, 2017.
5. "Ferrucci suspended from F2 rounds in Hungary and Belgium". Crash. July 8, 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
6. "Ferrucci handed four-race ban for hitting teammate". www.motorsport.com. July 8, 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
7. "Trident terminates banned Ferrucci's contract". Motorsport.com. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
8. "Trident Formula 2 team drops banned Haas F1 junior Santino Ferrucci". Autosport.com. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
9. "SANTINO FERRUCCI ORDERED TO PAY €502,000 TO TRIDENT BY ITALIAN COURTS". TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
10. Larson, Mike (March 10, 2016). "Haas F1 signs American development driver". Autoweek. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
11. Collantine, Keith (July 6, 2016). "Haas to run American driver at Silverstone test". F1 Fanatic. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
12. Barretto, Lawrence (December 22, 2016). "Haas F1 team will keep Santino Ferrucci as development driver in 2017". Autosport. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
13. Edmondson, Laurence (March 28, 2018). "Haas retains Santino Ferrucci as development driver". ESPN. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
14. Robinson, Cooper. "FERRUCCI IMPRESSES IN OFFICIAL INDYCAR PRACTICE DEBUT". IndyCar. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
15. "Ferrucci to contest two more IndyCar races with Coyne". Motorsport.com. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
16. Glendenning, Mark (January 8, 2021). "Ferrucci signs part-time Xfinity deal with Sam Hunt Racing". Racer. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
17. Seelman, Jacob (December 21, 2020). "Ferrucci, Reimer Fill Out Dave Mac Chili Bowl Squad". Speed Sport. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
18. "Lineups/Results - Championship Saturday". Chili Bowl. January 16, 2021. Retrieved January 17, 2021.

External links

• Official website
• Santino Ferrucci career summary at DriverDB.com